When someone is paid for a day they didn't work, it MUST be entered into payroll as some kind of Paid Time Off type. Otherwise, there's no way to pay it. Most of the uncommon leave types don't allow negative balances in payroll systems. So if your time off isn't allocated to another bucket, it can't get paid. The discrepancy could even block payroll and prevent everyone from getting paid.

That's what leadership looks like: Putting aside your own experiences and recognizing when it isn't about you. Because, as we explained in that meeting, bias has no place in the workplace.

If you're thinking, "But wait, that sounds like my company..."  That's the point.  These situations come up in all kinds of companies. They're as common as meetings that could have been emails. 

Many topics that fall under HR are subjective and have some element of unconscious bias at their core, making them a natural magnet for empl